Clasp for sashes



(No Model.)

Y E. W. WHITTAKER.

CLASP FOR SASHES.

No. 424,440. Patented Mar. 25, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.A

EDVARD W. W'IIITTAKER, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEV YORK.

CLASP FOR SASHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,440, dated March 25, 1890. Application filed January 20, 1890. Serial No. 337,530. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. WHITTA- KER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Vestchester, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps for Sashes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a clasp for that class of sashes which are worn principally by tennis-players, and in which the silk or other material is designed to be loosely arranged, so as to present the appearance of a broad loose sash. In order to adapt such sashes to mens wear, various devices for rapid and convenient application have been proposed, and to one of these my invention principally relates.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is an elevation of the sash having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. II is a partial horizontal sectional View through the clasp. lig. III is a view of the clasp, the buckle being open.

In carrying out my invention I employ a broad sash 1, preferably the same width throughout, made up of doubled goods in any desired way. Preferably the lining or under surface is made of cheaper material than the facing. The ends la of the sash are doubled up or gathered together, but not scwed, and are passed into a suitable clasp.

The clasp is inade up of two parts. One part is a hook consisting of a flat, preferably polished or ornamented, plate 2, having an inturned lip 2 and a cam or serrated lip 3, having finger-piece 4, and pivoted in lugs 2b, projecting rearward from said plate. The other part of the clasp is a buckle, consisting of guard 5, having eyes 5, cross-bar 6, serrated lip or cam 7, and retaining-plate 8, pivoted at 9 at each end of the serrated portion of the buckle.

One end of the sash is passed between the pivoted cam 3 and the plate of hook 2, The other end is passed between the guard of the buckle and the retaining-plate, and then the latter is turned over, so as to bring the sash between the retaining-plate and the serrated portion of the buckle, and the end of the sash is passed through the hole in the guard. The two ends of the sash may now be drawn freely through both parts of the clasp until they project beyond the same to equal distances, and are firmly held from slipping in the reverse direction unless released by hand in the wellknown manner. In this way the length of the sash can be adjusted perfectly to the waist of the wearer, so that the lip 2fL may be slipped behind the cross-bar 6, and the sash so applied to the person. Such a construction is not unsightly, as the ends hang or droop; but the clasp may be readily hidden, if desired, by passing the loose endsl of the sash, which are pendent below the clasp, up in front of the same, and then down behind the clasp, in which position they are iirinly held by the pressure of the body.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is#- A clasp consisting of a hook having a plate 2, formed with an inturned lip 2, and lugs 2", projecting rearward, and a cam 3, having a iinger-piece 4C and pivoted in the lugs, and a buckle having a guard 5, formed with an eye 5, cross-bar 6, and serrated lip 7, and theretaining-plato pivoted to the lip, substantially as set forth.

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Witnesses:

HARRY E. KNIGHT, GEO. I-I. KNIGHT, 

